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Install the Mainboard

Install the Mainboard

Install the mainboard into the system chassis. This mainboard uses 
the ATX format with a twin-tier of I/O ports. Ensure that your case
has an I/O template that can be used by this mainboard.
Install the mainboard into the unit case. Follow the instructions 
provided by the case manufacturer using the screws and mounting 
points provided in the chassis.

Connect the power cable from the ATX power supply unit to the 
power connector ATX1 on the mainboard. 

If the case that you are using has chassis and/or system power 
supply cooling fan, connect the power cable from the fan to the 
onboard chassis/system cooling fan power supply CASFAN1.

Connect the case switches and indicator LEDs to the bank of 
switch and LED connectors PANEL1. See the illustration below 
for a guide to the pin functions of the PANEL1 case connector.

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ATX1

CASFAN1

PANEL1

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Summary of Contents for VT82C596B

Page 1: ...son of such revision or changes Trademarks IBM VGA OS 2 and PS 2 are registered trademarks of International Business Machines Intel Pentium Pentium II Pentium III MMX and Celeron are registered tradem...

Page 2: ...ion between the equipment and the receiver Connect the equipment onto an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected Consult the dealer or an experienced radio TV techni...

Page 3: ...ponents 8 I O Ports 9 Install the Processor 9 Installing a Slot 1 Processor Cartridge 10 Installing a Socket 370 Processor 11 Install Memory 12 Set the Jumpers 13 Jumper JP1 Clear CMOS Memory 13 Jumpe...

Page 4: ...est Performance Settings 32 Peripheral Setup Page 33 Hardware Monitor CPU PnP Setup Page 34 Change Supervisor Password 35 Change or Remove the Password 35 Auto Detect Hard Disks 35 Save Settings and E...

Page 5: ...Suite 8 A2 Installing Corel WordPerfect Suite 8 A6 Learning how to use Corel WordPerfect Suite 8 A9 Support and Services A13 Appendix B Gamut B1 Introduction B2 Before Installing B3 Installation B4 Pr...

Page 6: ...MHz Socket 370 processors are the PPGA Celeron FCPGA Coppermine and PPGA Cyrix Joshua which runs at clock rates up to 750 MHz The mainboard supports a system bus of 66 MHz 100 MHz or 133 MHz The mainb...

Page 7: ...grated level 1 and level 2 cache memory run from 300 MHz to 533 MHz PPGA Cyrix Joshua provides 256K level 2 cache memory Support for 66 MHz 100 MHz and 133 MHz FSB Front Side Bus All processors config...

Page 8: ...earphone buffer and 3D surround Provides MPU 401 Game MIDI port and legacy Sound Blaster 16 support Downloadable Wave table Synthesizer supports Direct Music Supports Digital Audio Interface SPDIF In...

Page 9: ...expansion cards Built in virus protection using Trend s ChipAwayVirus which ensures that the entire boot process is virus protected Bundled Software AMI Desktop Client Manager supports hardware monito...

Page 10: ...ith the following items Mainboard This User s guide IDE cable Floppy diskette drive cable V 90 Fax Modem DAA module Support software CD ROM Optional Accessories You can purchase the following optional...

Page 11: ...strap frequently discharge any static electricity by touching the bare metal of the system chassis 4 Handle the mainboard carefully by the edges Avoid touching the components unless it is absolutely n...

Page 12: ...ther devices and make the appropriate connections to the mainboard headers Note Before installing the mainboard you must ensure that the Clear CMOS jumper JP1 is set to the Normal setting See this cha...

Page 13: ...hapter 2 Mainboard Components Use the diagram below to identify the major components on your mainboard Note Any jumpers on your mainboard that do not appear in this illustration are for testing only 8...

Page 14: ...an be installed with the FCPGA Coppermine Celeron and Cyrix Joshua processor them are shipped in a PPGA Plastic Pin Grid Array package To ensure reliability ensure that your PPGA processor has a heats...

Page 15: ...nto the cartridge holder Follow the instructions given with your processor cartridge The edge connector on the cartridge has a notch so that it only fits into the Slot 1 in the correct way 4 Locate th...

Page 16: ...ng lever closest to the top of the lever when it is in the locked position 4 Match the pin 1 corners and insert the Celeron Joshua processor into the socket No force is required and the processor shou...

Page 17: ...a 66 100 MHz memory bus If you are using a processor cartridge that runs on a 133 MHz system bus you can use memory that operates on a 100 or 133 MHz memory bus You can install any size of memory modu...

Page 18: ...ty are incorrect and prevent your mainboard from operating To clear the CMOS memory disconnect all the power cables from the mainboard and then move the jumper cap into the CLEAR setting for a few sec...

Page 19: ...umper Setting Normal Operation Short Pins 1 2 Force 100 MHz Short Pins 2 3 Jumper JP5 Set System Bus 133 MHz Forced Use this jumper to set the system bus frequency In the normal setting the system wil...

Page 20: ...screws and mounting points provided in the chassis Connect the power cable from the ATX power supply unit to the power connector ATX1 on the mainboard If the case that you are using has chassis and o...

Page 21: ...DAA module plugs directly into the mainboard adjacent to an expansion slot in the system chassis When you remove the blanking plate from the system chassis you can access the LINE and TEL RJ11 phone j...

Page 22: ...cket Install the bracket by following the steps below Optic Module Extension Bracket This bracket has two RCA jacks for digital audio in and digital audio out and an auxiliary jack for a Stereo Line i...

Page 23: ...l digital audio cable you can also use it to connect the digital audio output connector of a CD ROM or DVD drive to the pins 5 6 of SPDIF1 Install Other Devices Install and connect any other devices i...

Page 24: ...f you want to install more IDE devices you can purchase a second IDE cable and connect one or two devices to the Secondary IDE channel connector IDE2 on the mainboard If you have two devices on the ca...

Page 25: ...an appropriate place in the system chassis Expansion Slots This mainboard has one AGP slot three 32 bit PCI expansion slots and one 8 16 bit ISA slot The third PCI slot PCI3 is shared with the ISA slo...

Page 26: ...nd press it quite firmly down so that it is seated correctly 5 Secure the bracket of the card into the expansion slot in the system chassis using the screw that held the blanking plate in place Add In...

Page 27: ...You can then use the setup utility to program your computer to resume from a power saving mode whenever there is an incoming call to the fax modem SB Link If you have disabled the built in sound syst...

Page 28: ...ct it may cause your system to malfunction It can even stop your computer from booting properly If this happens you can use the clear CMOS jumper to clear the CMOS memory area that is used to store th...

Page 29: ...ough the optional color schemes of the setup utility Some of the options on the Mainmenu page lead to tables of items with installed values In these pages use the cursor arrow keys to highlight the it...

Page 30: ...otal Memory 64 Mb Month Jan Dec ESC Exit Day 01 31 Select Item Year 1901 2099 PU PD Modify Shift F2 Color Date Time Use these items to install your system with the correct date and time Pri Master Pri...

Page 31: ...ed ESC Quit Select Item F1 Help PU PD Modify F5 Old Values Shift F2 Color F6 Load Optimal values F7 Load Best performance values Quick Boot If you enable this item the system starts up more quickly be...

Page 32: ...OS 2 Over 64MB Enable this item if you are booting the OS 2 operating system and you have more than 64MB of memory installed Internal Cache Leave this item enabled since all the processors that can b...

Page 33: ...values Trend ChipAway Virus This mainboard has built in virus protection in the firmware Use this item to enable or disable the built in virus protection Bank 0 1 2 3 4 5 DRAM Timing These three items...

Page 34: ...is item if your IDE hard disk drives support Ultra DMA Power Management Setup Page This page sets some of the parameters for the system power management operation AMIBIOS SETUP POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP...

Page 35: ...activity the computer will enter the power saving suspend mode Display Activity If you set this item to Monitor any activity on the display will reset the timers for the power saving timeouts Serial...

Page 36: ...n RTC Alarm Date Hour Minute Second If you have enabled the RTC Alarm Power on use these items to set the time and date of the alarm PCI Plug and Play Setup Page This page sets some of the parameters...

Page 37: ...SA EISA it will be reserved for a non plug and play ISA or EISA device IRQ X If you set this to PCI PnP the system will dynamically allocate IRQs as they are required If you set an IRQ to ISA EISA it...

Page 38: ...Onboard FDC Use this item to enable or disable the onboard floppy disk drive interface Onboard Sound Modem Use this item to enable or disable the onboard sound modem chip Onboard Serial PortA Use this...

Page 39: ...e this item to enable or disable either of the two onboard IDE channels Primary or Secondary Hardware Monitor CPU PnP Setup Page This page lets you set the parameters for hardware monitoring and manua...

Page 40: ...d it correctly The password is required at boot time or when the user enters the setup utility Change or Remove the Password Highlight this item and type in the current password At the next dialog box...

Page 41: ...xit dialog box appears press Y to save and exit or press N to return to the setup main menu Exit Without Saving Option Highlight this item and press Enter to discard any changes that you have made in...

Page 42: ...a brief description of each software program and the right location for your mainboard More information on each individual software might be available in a README file located in the same directory as...

Page 43: ...e drivers If your operating system is Windows 2000 exit the Auto Set Up window and go on 3 Use either My Computer or Windows Explorer to look at the directory structure You must use the Open command D...

Page 44: ...EM MEDIARING TALK USB Driver The USB Driver allows the system to recognize the USB ports on the mainboard You need to install this driver only if you are running Windows 95 This driver is available fo...

Page 45: ...der Win98 OS the setup program will automatically find out and match the proper drivers for the hardware of your system However Windows might not be able to detect some of your new hardware Please fol...

Page 46: ...window appears select M76x MainBoard option and click Next button to continue 6 The M76x mainboard window appears select M769VMRT option and click Next button to continue 7 Then a dialog box appears a...

Page 47: ...Devices drivers Sound Modem Utility software Gamut SuperVoice Audio Rack Compact Devices drivers Sound Modem Custom Allows you to select options from another window When you select Custom and click o...

Page 48: ...e control interface you need to select the MULTIMEDIA icon in the CONTROL PANEL Select the MIDI page and click on CM8738 MPU 401 Win98 or CM8738 C3DX PCI Audio External MIDI Port Win95 and then click...

Page 49: ...hardware conflicts DO NOT enable this option when the Line in Rear jack is connected with a line in device While the 4 speakers mode is enabled turn on off the output of the front speakers and adjust...

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